Nerd Pastors

Fall TV is here...but is it any good? Let's talk about it! Spoilers for She-Hulk, House of The Dragon, Rings of Power, Stargirl, and Cobra Kai. Featuring Justin Nava, Seth Muse, and Doug Triplett. Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nerdpastors

Let's Nerd Out about what we watched and read this summer! Including Thor, DnD, and DC TV... Featuring Justin Nava, Seth Muse, and Doug Triplett. Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nerdpastors

Hello there! Let's talk Kenobi (Spoilers ahead obviously...) In today's episode we're taking the gloves off and duking it out because we've got an array of thoughts... Featuring Justin Nava, Seth Muse, and Doug Triplett ---------- It's dangerous to be a Nerd Pastor alone...join our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nerdpastors Check out our other shows and blogs: https://www.nerdpastors.com

Moon Knight was the first MCU property that stands on its own...did that help or hurt it? In today's episode we're reviewing the Moon Knight series and try to figure out if we even liked it...(I guess we did, but should it be this questionable?) Featuring Justin Nava, Ricky Pope, Garrett Gerhart

In this "very special episode," we're revisiting the shows we grew up watching. How M.A.S.H. was our bedtime indicator...the intros we miss...the episodes we still talk about...and the awkwardness of reboots...let's talk about the shows that made us! Featuring Seth Muse, Ricky Pope, Doug Triplett, and Tom Pounder!

We're talking all things Batman. Who wore the mask...who was the best Batman and Bruce Wayne...Iron Man vs. Batman...and we wrap with a spoiler discussion of The Batman. Featuring Seth Muse, Ricky Pope, and Doug Triplett. Watch Ricky's recent interview with Len Uhley here: https://youtu.be/OMnrO5qcPB4

In today's episode, we finally talk Book of Boba. The good, the bad, and the car chase... Plus we talk about the Super Bowl movie trailers that got us the most excited! Special Guest: Ricky Pope

In today's episode, we look back at what we loved and groaned over in 2021. Then we look ahead to what's coming in 2022...will it shine brighter or be thrown into the lion's den alongside Eternals and Thor 2? Special Guests: Ricky Pope and Doug Triplett! Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nerdpastors

In today's episode, we wrap up our LoTR series and discuss Return of The King with Pastor Doug Triplett.

We're back and continuing our discussion on Lord of The Rings! In today's episode, we nerd out about The Two Towers with Ricky Pope, host of the Christian Nerds Unite Podcast.

By popular demand, we're starting a new series on Lord of The Rings! In today's episode, we nerd out about Fellowship of The Ring...

Parenting gives us the opportunity not only to participate in co-authoring another life with God, but to also enjoy our favorite hobbies with our little creations. In today's episode we talk about how being a nerd makes Fatherhood extra special... Timestamps: 1:30 - Finding out the gender of our kids... 5:40 - Meet our kids... 9:36 - Parenting tech and screen time... 18:48 - Nerding out with education... 21:35 - Mother Alexa... 24:00 - What our kids nerd out about...

Anime is one of those treasures that's just mainstream enough for pastors to reference from the stage, and someone in the congregation will understand it. In today's episode we're joined by Brian Lucas to talk about our favorite anime shows, moments, and what a killer Bible anime would look like... Timestamps: 1:21 - Meet our guest: Brian Lucas 2:48 - Justin's severe lack of anime watching... 4:00 - Seth's anime experience (this episode was his idea)... 6:21 - Brian's favorite anime... 9:50 - Trying to describe what anime is to Justin... 10:48 - Seth and Brian nerd out about all the animes... 19:50 - Community's homage to anime... 22:45 - The gang talks more about the anime style... 28:20 - What Bible stories would make the best anime? (And then Justin struggles some more to grasp the anime animation style)... 35:47 - Seth reads anime descriptions and Justin and Brian guess the title...

Batter up! The nerdiest sport's season has begun, let's talk about America's pastime. In today's episode we're joined by Tom Pounder to talk about baseball memories, trading cards, church ball leagues, and more! Timestamps: 1:15 - Meet our guest: Tom Pounder... 2:48 - Our baseball memories... 9:00 - Why baseball is our favorite sport... 20:05 - What can the church learn from baseball events? 27:27 - Church baseball & softball clubs... 34:33 - Collecting and trading baseball cards... 39:18 - Our favorite players... 45:42 - Baseball stat chaos...

The finale is in, and this time we're not waiting 2 months to talk about it. In today's episode we're joined by Pastors Tom Pounder and Rey De Armas to talk about the finale and our overall response to WandaVision! Timestamps: 0:33 - Meet our guests Tom Pounder and Rey De Armas… 1:45 - Our Marvel Backgrounds… SPOILER DISCUSSION AHEAD 6:48 - Series Finale Thoughts… 10:03 - Let’s talk Vision… 18:20 - The Scarlet Witch is finally here… 27:25 - The Tragedy of Wanda and future fallout… 33:22 - Let's go Monica Rambeau... 39:26 - The fan theories that didn't manifest... 48:44 - Final thoughts and predictions…

In today's episode, our friend Brian Shoberg joins us to talk about our favorite FPS games, memories, and experiences. Timestamps: 0:46: Meet Brian Shoberg... 1:45: FPS Campaign vs Multiplayer... 6:52: The classes and loadouts we run... 10:05: Our first FPS memories... 17:26: Goldeneye... 21:25: Titanfall 2: A hidden gem... 30:40: Trash talking... 33:04: Halo... 36:51: Bringing back our favorite games... 42:20: Handling video game violence and kids...

Mando, Grogu, Ahsoka, Boba...did everything in season 2 add up to greatness or start another Star Wars dumpster fire? In today's episode, our friend Jeff Reed joins us to review the highlights (and lowlights) of The Mandalorian: Season 2 Timestamps: 0:52 - Meet our guest: Jeff Reed! 2:42 - Our first thoughts on season 2... 9:23 - Baby Yoda's future... 14:31 - Dat big reveal at the end... 21:30 - The Ahsoka of it all... 24:50 - Our favorite character moments... 30:12 - Did The Mandalorian fix Star Wars? 36:52 - Return of the Boba...

The one that started it all (for most of us)...the Nintendo Entertainment System... In today's episode, we reminisce our favorite games, losses, frustrations, and experiences with our first Nintendo console... TIMESTAMPS: 1:05 - Our first experiences with the NES... 6:20 - Playing the NES nowadays... 11:27 - The ol' CRTs... 13:40 - Saving Zelda... 16:02 - Choose your difficulty... 18:05 - Mario... 22:40 - Enter the Double Dragon... 24:33 - Punch Out! 30:45 - TMNT... 34:08 - Tecmo Bowl... 41:02 - Dragon Warrior... 42:27 - Metroid... 46:06 - Gaming with the spouse...

Dungeons & Dragons (DnD) used to stay within the whispers of basements and game rooms...but with increasing popularity, can it be used in church? In today's episode, we interview Pastor Dale Critchley and discover how he's integrated DnD into his church ministry... TIMESTAMPS: 2:20 - Meet Dale Critchley 6:05 - Our experiences with DnD... 16:15 - DnD rules explained... 23:52 - Finding DnD groups... 28:08 - How Dale started a DnD church group... 35:45 - The conservative objection to fantasy stories and roleplaying... 47:38 - Most memorable DnD stories...

Everything else in the US is divided...why not us too? On today's show, we argue controversial nerd opinions across Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and more! Read more at NerdPastors.com Join the conversation in our Nerd Pastors Facebook Group Timestamps: 1:03 - Meet our guest: Brandon Swain! 4:53 - DC and Marvel are both good... 15:45 - Hermione should've ended up with Harry Potter... 21:18 - All the Star Wars movies are equally good... 29:39 - The "girl power" scene in Avengers: Endgame was cheesy and distracted from the awesome... 36:23 - Korra is the worst Avatar ever... 40:53 - The Schumacher Batman movies are the best Batman movies... 48:04 - The Transformers movies are acceptable, nay, great! 50:15 - Tangled is the best Disney animated movie, better than Frozen...

SPOILERS AHEAD for the entire MCU... On today's show, we finish our discussion of the new rankings for the MCU, completing our series with reviews of the now top 5 movies... Timestamps: 2:25 - Civil War... 13:05 - Guardians of The Galaxy... 25:36 - The Avengers... 35:02 - Avengers: Infinity War... 45:42 - Avengers: Endgame...

SPOILERS AHEAD for the entire MCU... On today's show, we continue our discussion of the new rankings for the MCU, now including Endgame and Far From Home. We review the changes from 2019 to 2020 rankings, and tackle the top 10 to the top 5... 1:23 - Ranking changes from renewed 2020 survey... 9:43 - Captain Marvel... 20:33 - Spider-Man: Homecoming & Far From Home 26:55 - Iron Man 31:53 - Black Panther 41:02 - Thor: Ragnarok 48:21 - Captain America: Winter Soldier & Civil War

SPOILERS AHEAD for the entire MCU... On today's show, we discuss how our fellow Nerd Pastors ranked the MCU movies (prior to Endgame and Spider-man Homecoming)... We're breaking down our own thoughts on each movie up to the top 10... Timestamps: 1:58 - Meet Foster Sherman... 2:48 - Overall thoughts of the MCU... 10:25 - The Incredible Hulk... 14:40 - Iron Man 3... 19:18 - Thor: The Dark World 21:13 - Iron Man 2 26:16 - Avengers: Age of Ultron 34:13 - Thor 36:52 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2 41:10 - Ant-Man & Ant-Man & The Wasp 45:48 - Doctor Strange 50:51 - Captain America: The First Avenger

SPOILERS AHEAD for The Mandalorian, Clone Wars, and Star Wars episode IX. On today's show, we discuss if The Mandalorian was a bad show... PLUS more controversial opinions from other Nerd Pastors... Timestamps: 1:10 - Meet Jeff Reed From The Church Digital 6:05 - Was The Mandalorian a bad show? 34:25 - The Skywalker Saga ended with Return of the Jedi... 39:03 - Episode XIII: The Last Jedi is the best Star Wars movie... 46:16 - Force-sensitive Jar Jar makes the prequels brilliant... 48:50 - Star Wars are great if you avoid comparing them...

Today we're talking about our favorite TV Shows to binge, the classics and some new stuff... So get your Netflix que ready, time to add some more shows to the list! Featuring our first guest, Dave Curlee from Church Training Academy. Timestamps: 0:54 - Introducing our guest... 1:52 - Why we binge... 5:12 - The Office 17:37 - That 70's Show 21:06 - Parks & Rec 29:50 - Community 33:07 - Schitt's Creek 37:15 - Supernatural 42:15 - Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist 44:29 - Binge battle...catching up with long-running TV shows... Honorable Mentions: 47:50 - Sword Art Online 52:23 - How I Met Your Mother 53:53 - The Magicians 55:37 - The key to a binge-worthy TV show...World Building

Today we're talking about our first experiences with Star Wars and ranking the movies in order from best to worst. PLUS we're discussing Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker. Was it good or bad? What issues did it have? What did it do well? Shout at us through your car stereo and headphones as the Nerd Pastors podcast officially begins!

The new Nerd Pastors podcast is coming January 10th, 2020! We're talking about all things nerd stuff in a safe, judgement-free zone. Learn what to expect from this podcast and who the hosts are! Learn more at nerdpastors.com